trucks out of the shop tomorrow

a couple of months ago my truck and I slid off the road into a guardrail. the insurance was going to total it until the last minute they changed their collective minds and had it fixed. I took it to a local body shop and its been there for almost two weeks now. While she has been in lock-up i was able to purchase a few upgrades that are awaiting her return;
Fat Bob's 5-lug lift kit
Body Armor steel rear bumper
Toyota Symbol decal for back window courtesy of http://stickerhi.bigcartel.com
Smittybilt Nerf Steps off a first-gen extra-cab

It should be a fun weekend installing all these new upgrades. First off ill probably put on the sticker, I'm gonna have to center it across the rear window. luckily its a solid piece of glass, not the sliding window type, which is actually the reason i wanted to put something back there, because it looked so bare without the sliding window.
Next ill take a whack at trying to mount those nerf bars. i know for damn well they wont just bolt on so ill have to make some custom mounts for them and ill make a wright-up on them for any one who wants to put nerf steps on their reg-cabs like I want to. I'm figuring that because one end of the step has a vertical mounting flange and the other end has a horizontal flange it will be a decent challenge to get them to play nicely.
The next thing I would do would be to put the bumper on, but unfortunately its still in the mail somewhere so unless the FedEx guy drops it off in the morning I'm on to the lift. I got the full lift kit for my 2WD 5-lugger; Spacers up front and AALs and longer shocks in the back. I watched a few videos online on how to do this and it looks pretty easy. My only problem will be finding a piece of land flat enough to to have the truck on jack stands without falling over. But once I find that spot it will be all about patience and using the right tools for the job. after thats all done ill throw my tool box back on and take a couple of pictures. Those along with the pictures ill take along the way ill post to here and probably end up making a build thread out of it.

 

Well I didnt expect all this rain today so I'm waiting till tomorrow and I'll see if it gets any better

 

Fb lift wasn't too bad of an install. Did u go with short or long aal?

 

short AAL y? im still confused on the difference

 

Long=more plush ride. Short=they say stiffer but I didn't notice a diff from stock. I chose this one cause I use the bed of this truck occasionally.

 

so after countless busted knuckles and one smashed finger....

first i put on the sticker and kinda screwed it up a bit

it looks better from farther away and i was able to push out a couple of the bubbles and wrinkles

and a mock-up of what the steps will look like

this was right before the lift was put on

 

http://s1037.photobucket.com/user/J...20140331_003_zpsd13d5539.jpg.html?sort=3&o=38
here is a picture of how I crushed my finger this morning. I was taking off the nut holing the torsion bar to the end link and I guess the way I had it jacked up there was a decent amount of spring tension on it. So when I got the nut off it sprang up pinching my index finger between the wrench and upper A-arm.

 

so for future reference if anyone is doing a spacer lift like this one remember to take off the A-arm first even tho the instructions say to do it afterwards.

 

Looks good!

 

thanks man!

 

just put on my new rear bumper from Body Armor 4x4

 

new wheels and tires!